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The classical Jones calculus for optical networks is utilized to formulate a general theory of transfer of quantum fields through a linear quantum optics device. For input fields having Gaussian quasi-distribution functions, the output distributions can be calculated explicitly. The formalism is applied to the simple beam splitter as an illustration.
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